A brand new assortment of beforehand unheard Woody Guthrie residence recordings will quickly see the sunshine of day. Woody at Residence – Quantity 1 & 2 arrives August 14th on Shamus Information and contains 22 beforehand unreleased tracks, amongst them a rendition of “This Land Is Your Land” that includes new verses.
The contents of Woody At Residence had been recorded from 1951 to 1952 in his Gravesend, Brooklyn residence. Of the 22 tracks, 13 of them had been solely ever recorded at this New York residence. Guthrie employed one microphone and a reel-to-reel tape machine to seize the collected songs.
Steve Rosenthal transferred and produced the album whereas Jessica Thompson dealt with mixing and mastering duties. The duo utilized “pioneering software program and vintage tape machines to de-mix and blend the voice and guitar,” on Woody At Residence to attain a homespun however clearer sound.
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“For Woody, to be at residence producing his music at his leisure allowed a special focus and sense of security,” a press launch famous. “His inspirations would possibly come from a newspaper article, a film, a dialog, or simply from observing folks… Being a songwriter was extra a matter of getting one thing to say than growing particular expertise for Woody.”
Rosenthal famous the politics of our period as a motive for releasing the mission now. “With latest developments in sound restoration know-how together with the present political local weather, I consider that is the proper time to launch Woody’s residence tapes,” he mentioned. “These aren’t skilled studio recordings, however as an alternative, highlights from Woody’s audio sketchbooks. These are his phrases and music, shared together with his writer Howie Richmond in 1951, and fortunately in 2025 with us.”
The compilation is available for purchase as a single CD, 1X LP, and digital obtain. It can even be obtainable on streaming platforms. The discharge may even be accompanied by household images, artwork, and lyric sheets that includes Guthrie’s margin notes.
In a while July 14th, Shamus Information will launch “Deportee (Woody’s Residence Tape)” (identified to some as “Aircraft Wreck at Los Gatos”), the one identified recording of the monitor, as the gathering’s sole single. The tune was written in 1948 a couple of airplane crash that killed 32 folks, lots of whom had been farm laborers.
Guthrie handed away in 1967 following a protracted wrestle with Huntington’s illness.
Woody At Residence – Quantity 1 & 2 Art work:
Woody At Residence – Quantity 1 & 2 Tracklist:
Quantity 1
Aspect A
01. This Land Is Your Land (Woody’s Residence Tape)
02. Greatest Factor That Man Has Ever Achieved
03. Howie, I’d Like To Discuss To Yuh (spoken phrase)
04. Deportee (Woody’s Residence Tape)
05. Nice Ship
06. Pastures of Lots
Aspect B
07. Jesus Christ
08. I’m a Baby Ta Battle
09. Harmless Man
10. I’ve Bought To Know
11. Backdoor Bum and the Huge Landlord
Quantity 2
Aspect A
01. I Simply Need To Inform You Fellers (spoken phrase)
02. Peace Name
03. Ain’t Afraid To Die
04. Buoy Bells from Trenton
05. Einstein Theme Track (with spoken phrase)
06. One Little Factor An Atom Can’t Do
Aspect B
07. Forsaken Lover
08. My Id & My Ego
09. Lifebelt Washed Up
10. Humorous Mountain
11. You Higher Git Prepared
